find each others light

Time 37:22 AP 9:21

Ran with Jeff. Ended at Flat Iron to do hill sprints and Lysa was there! So fun!

5x10sec hill sprints with Lysa while Jeff timed us. Well, 4 with Lysa @ Flat Iron and 1 with Jeff on 17th.

10 lb slimdown core workout with Chris Freytag-22 min.

This was my first time doing this workout and I had done all these moves before with Jillian, Bryan Kest and Jackie Warner EXCEPT the double leg stretch with a lat pullover with 5 pound weights. This was a TOUGH move and I could feel it "ripping" my abs.  She also did core body hops which were fun and I must try these moves again soon! Can't forget the plank move with a leg lift either. Lifting that leg really works the legs muscles as you're working the core! Nice workout when I don't have a lot of time.

Happy Monday and first day of August 2011!

Time 1:25:30 AP 9:30

I ran alone and ran whatever pace felt good. Splits 10, 9:53, 9:58, (up) 9:10,(down) 10:07 (steepest hill), 9:02, 9:31, 9:01, 8:48 (flat). Glad to finish strong. My legs and feet felt tired and sore last night and this morning but when I started running...it all worked itself out. Funny how that happens.

Bryan Kest Power Yoga-52 minutes

Time 40:23 AP 10:06

So Jeff and I left later than usual this morning and ran a slow recovery run. During the first mile a friend of mine who was out running, ran up behind us and said "Hey, I have some bad news. (My daughter) and I have LICE!" This daughter was over playing with my daughter (6 yr olds) yesterday afternoon for a few hours. They jumped on the tramp and ran through sprinklers and her daughter was hugging my 1 yr old all over the place. UGH! So she ran with us and we talked about what I need to do to hopefully nip this in the bud if we did get the bug. This is ALL I need on top of everything else I'm worried about. STINK! Exposed to LICE! Seriously???

5x10sec hill sprints up Falcon

Time 1:21:19 AP 9:02

9 mile pace run by myself. Decided to give it a try. I've been a real wimp with a bad attitude lately and have refused to try the pace runs with Jeff. I gave it a go this morning and I did it!!!

Did my usual 9 mile route. Here are splits:

8:56, 9:05, 9:37, 8:37, 9:47 (Eastdell hill), 8:38 (favorite mile, favorite song, flying downhill with a great view of the Jordan River temple), 8:54, 9:16, 8:29. Happy!

I just keep thinking what would I be capable of if I stopped eating crappy and dropped 10-15lbs. Eating clean is SO hard for me lately. I think I need school to start.

Bryan Kest Power Yoga 1- 52 minutes

Wow! That was a late, (left @ 7am) long, slow, painful run. But I did it. And that's all that matters:)  It was surprisingly cool for most of the run but I still hate running in the sun.

First 45 mile week ever. Pretty cool. I feel strong. I feel sore. Jeff thinks I'm not getting enough fuel. But it may also have something to do with the fact that I did a 9 mile pace run yesterday.

Congrats to Jeff on his first ever 19 mile run!

Just saw Harry Potter with my two oldest and having dinner with friends tonight. It's a good thing cause I need to eat something other than popcorn today. Fun day!

Namaste everybody.

Time 49:51 AP 9:58 Recovery

Woke up @ 6:10am to drop Jane off at Pioneer Trek. I'll miss her all week. Kind of wish I was going cause I think it would be cool to go to Martin's Cove. I'm  planning on 4 yrs from now when 2 of my kids will be going.

Ran 5 miles alone @ 7:15am. I ran down around Falcon and all the way up Falcon way. My legs and feet and still pretty sore from the weekend runs. I'm trying to not think about my mileage for this week. Just taking it a day at a time so I don't freak myself out. (50 miles)

6x10sec hill sprints @ Flat Iron

Time 1:40:50 AP 10:05

Jeff and I left at the same time but I ran alone. I guess it must say pace run on the schedule but I feel like I'm still recovering. My legs are still tired and my feet sore. During the first mile, when I could see Jeff way out in front of me, I was wondering how in the hell I was going to run 10 miles today and then I saw Lysa!:) She ran with me for a couple of miles and it was great to see and talk with her. Anyway, I ran the 10. Nothing to write home about.

Walked .6 home from the park.

Going to order some discounted Glycerin 8's online right now.

Power Yoga 1- 52 minutes. I really needed this. Namaste.

Time 49:58 AP 10

Ran with Jeff. Ran a different route which was nice. Ran slow.

6x10sec hill sprints @ Flat Iron Mesa Park. It was really busy there today.

Time 1:40:32 AP10:03

Went by myself this morning. Beautiful cool morning. Beautiful sunrise. During the second mile I almost got hit by a newspaper deliverer that was racing around the streets. Sheesh! I also saw Jeff riding his bike during this mile (still around home) but he didn't see me until some girls running towards me screamed from sprinkler water hitting them. Jeff looked back and I waved. Looking back now I should have biked with him or swam this morning. During the last half of this run my left shin, the lower part of it, started hurting. I wore new shoes this morning and kept thinking "It can't be the shoes it's gotta be the mileage I'm putting in." I mean, I've been running in glycerins and been  fine. It just got worse and worse throughout the run, spreading down into my foot. I stretched around mile 7. I saw the hot air balloons that were out this morning and that was cool. Jeff rode up behind me at mile 8 and I told him I was just trying to finish let alone run fast cause I was in pain. He rode beside me for a while. After he left me some guy tried to flip a u in the middle of the road RIGHT where I was trying to run. HELLO PEOPLE! Seriously?

So now I'm pissed. I've never felt anything this bad. I want to cry and I don't know what to do. In the back of my mind I kept thinking this schedule was too much for me and I should cross train, then rest, then do long run. Now I'm paying for not following my instinct. I just thought if I took it slow I'd be okay but maybe...crap, I don't know what I did wrong but I really want to swear right now! I don't even know if I should stretch it or do yoga cause it feels worse than something that needs to be stretched. I took my kids to the doctor this morning and I could barely walk. It really hurts when I try and flex my foot. So lower shin and into my foot. Whatever that's called. Ugh!

 Happy Birthday to my baby Josie who is 2 today!

Swam a mile and 1/2 this morning @ Alta Canyon. 26 longs laps. First time at the pool this year. Went a few times last year while training for TOU and loved it. My leg/foot is practically pain free. Will try running tomorrow.

30 min. Upper body weights and abs

Time 50:32 AP 10:06

Ran Falcon Park and Flat Iron Park with no pain! So relieved! Weird how bad it felt on Friday, etc. I wonder what it was. I guess I'm not familiar enough with injury to know much about it. Anyway, glad I was able to run this morning. Phew!

Time 57:53 AP 9:39

10:05,10:06,10:16,9:23,9:18,8:46

yep

Watched my 12 yr old catch the bus for her first day of 7th grade across the street this morning. Snapped some pictures of her and her cute friends. They were all so excited and nervous!

Took my 3 youngest on a walk over to my sister's house this morning. Took about 30 minutes.

Power Yoga-52 minutes

(I forgot to say yesterday that I totally twisted my ankle during my first mile yesterday. I swore, stopped for a minute and then kept going. This morning my foot and knee were a little sore from it. Same foot as other injury. It's fine. I'm sure).

Time 1:58:17 AP 9:52

The middle miles of this run were hills and more hills. Went with Jeff. Felt good until the last 2 miles when my legs were very heavy and I felt slow (9:23 and 9:33) but I guess it wasn't that slow. We ran into Lysa at the top of Newcastle when we came off the trail. She ran home with me. Jeff pulled ahead but he was in my sight the whole time. SO happy to be running and feeling no pain in my left shin! 

Soccer games, HEAT, swimming and sprinklers in the back yard. Movie and dinner later with Jeff. School starts Monday! Woo hoo!

51:34 AP 10:01

6:20am. Alone. Falcon and Flat Iron. At least 9 minutes of hills. Falling back on my Ogden schedule cause I don't want to risk injury again and life is just too crazy right now. I'm gonna run SGM more for fun than for PR. Gonna enjoy it! I'm excited about this decision:)

3 kids gone to school. Cami goes to first grade tomorrow and it'll just be Josie and me. Anyone know of a 2 yr old preschool nearby? JK. Fun times.

Power Yoga 1- 52 minutes

1:28:48 AP 9:52

Went alone this morning. I noticed the sun didn't come out as soon as usual which was nice. Maybe I just left earlier. I saw Jeff at mile 7 at Buttercup. Always fun to run in to him. I had to hurry home cause it's a school day. Ended my run up a pretty steep winding path that I usually walk up. Anyway, not super fast but done!

48:23 AP 9:41

Ran with Jeff on a new route that we like. Beautiful pink clouds out west when we left. We talked a lot today which was nice. Took it easy.

Power yoga-52 minutes

59:03 AP 9:51

As I headed out this morning I was thinking about how Lysa and I used to meet every morning and how I miss that. Well, I ran into Lysa as soon as I started running! What a nice surprise! We ran most of the way together. The sunrise was beautiful with the pink clouds. Thanks for making my run more exciting this morning Lys!

My 12 yr old is having surgery @ primary children's tomorrow on both of her feet. She has tarsal coalition and the pain is becoming unbearable. She'll be in a wheelchair for 1-2 weeks so I don't know what I'll be able to run in the next week, or how the rest of my training will go for SGM. I told Jeff he has priority since this is his first marathon and I'll just do what I can. We'll just have to see how it goes.

20 with Jeff. I felt great the whole run due to 4 jet blackberry gu's (2x caffeine) that Jeff bought. Last two miles were pretty hard though.

We ran 5 around home (saw a dead calico cat in the road, sad) and then ran over to Draper. Jeff almost got hit by a biker on dimple dell. He's not allowed to run on that road anymore. He was almost hit by a car in the same spot a few weeks ago and today I was behind him and saw this biker (not a real biker, some dope without a helmet in regular clothes going super fast) almost crash into him. Next time he's walking down that steep hill on the sidewalk! It partly his fault cause he runs in the middle of the road down this hill for some reason.

Anyway...great run. Felt good to run 20. Thanks Lysa for picking us up in Draper! I didn't decide till this morning really that I was running this 20 cause I wanted to make sure Lizzie was okay. Jane said she would come upstairs and be with Liz so I could run and Liz said she felt fine and to go ahead. She took her pain meds before I left and I took my phone with me. All was well. Lizzie is recovering well and we're going up to Midway today for Timms family reunion. All my kids are excited to see their cousins and Lizzie's excited to go up and sit in a wheelchair all day:)

Did I really run 45.15 miles this week. hm.

Hopefully I'll run again. Someday. Maybe...

56:31 AP 9:25

I'm still here:) Splits=9:17,9:53,10:24, 9:15,(saw Jeff and gave high 5's) 9:04,8:39:)

Hot and windy. Excited for the cold front.Tried to run fast. Nice to be out there.

Power Yoga-52 minutes